pinacone Meaning, Definition & Usage

Pin"a*cone noun
Etymology
From Gr. , , a tablet. So called because it unites with water so as to form tablet-shaped crystals.
Definitions
  1. (Chem.) A white crystalline substance related to the glycols, and made from acetone; hence, by extension, any one of a series of substances of which pinacone proper is the type. Written also pinakone.

Webster 1913